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CAB REPLACER..

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ROBERT E. ALEXANDER, OF FQREST CITY, PENNSYLYANIA', ASSIGNOR TO HEITZMAN TOOL AND 'SUPPLY' COMPANY, OF, NEW YORK, N. Y., A' COR- IQRATION oF NEW JERSEY?- oA aa E PLAC' es.

1 srncrsrca'rron forming part of Leners raient No. 686,241, dated November 12, 1901.

Lp'plloaticniiled february 20,1901. Brlsl No.48.170. (Noiniolel.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that LRoBnR'r E.ALEXANDEP, a citizen of the United States,residingat Forest City, in the county 'of Susquehanna and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in CarRe-. placers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descript'lonof the invention, such as will enable others skilled xo `in the art to which it A'a-ppertains to make and ruse the same. l

` My invention relates to improvements in carreplacers; and the objectof the invention y isito provide a cheap, simple, eicient, and

x 5 durable car-replacer which Jwill force the wheels of the derailed car to run overthe replacers and ease down upon' the rail. without a., jar and without the sudden shockso "common-in car-replacers when the wheels are run zo up toga position slightly above the track and then are allowedv to drop on `the track, and

also izo-support the car-wheels both on .the tread and on the flange when being rnn up on the replacer.. In practice it has been 2 5 found that not only is' the shock disagreeableto the passen gers,but frequently the windows are broken, the car is' otherwise dama d, and like objectionable results occasione TheV car-replacer is preferably made of' 3e pressed steel.

The invention also consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts, as

will be hereinafter described and claimed. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are indi# cated by the same characters .th ronghont the several views.

A Figure 1 represents a plan view of the rails with a pair of car-replacers 'in the operative o position, thecross-ties being broken away to .enable -the parts to be shown on a larger scale.

. 2 and 3 are endY views of two oar-repiacers, respectively, as seen from the left of l Fig. '1, the rails being` shown in section. Figs.

, land 5 represent side Aelevati'oisfiifthe 'def vices shown in Figsn. andy 3,.respectively,

`looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig.

6 shows'a section along the line 6 6 of` Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 'shows a section on the line 7 7 of 5o Fig. 1.

A and A. represent the track-rails, supported on the cross-tjes B of the rond-bed 1n the usual way.

C and C represent two of the car-wheels "which have beenderailed, and each of these wheels is provided with the'usualange c.

D and D represent the two members ofthe car-'replacen-which are preferably made of pressed steel, the memberD being placed between the rails and the member D' outside 6o the rail, as shown in Fig. 1. I Thesetwo inembers are each symmetrical, so that they may be used to replace a car by moving the latter either from the left or from the right of Fig.

1, as may be most convenient. Theinchna- 65 tion of each member relative tothe rail e should .be adjusted to suit the particular position ot the derailed nneels. The member V D of the car-replacer is provided with a runway or'groove d2, flaring ont ais-each end and 7c narrowed atftlie middle, as shown 1n Fig 1, i which rnnwayor groove is locatedbetween the ribs da and (1*. The height of the rib d* y3 and 5, and then tapers downward toward each end of the member D. The member 1 3 is provided with a heavy strengthening-rib d5 andinner supporting-ribs (Z6 for .the tread 8o of the car-wheels. These ribs d termina-te in a point just before the central portion 2 of `the member D isreached, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2, and the apex of the rib d5 is slightly higher than the portion 2, which latter 1s 85 slightly higher than the top of the rallplns the depth ofthe flange o, as shown in Fig. 2. The strengthening-rib di' is inclined toward the rail at the top` and being higher than the apex 2 of the member D' acts as a wedge to 9o force the wheels toward the rai-ls.

Each member of the car-replacer is prefer ably provided with teeth dg'to bite into the cross-ties or road-bed, and the member D' 1s also preferably provided with a hook E, which binds the middle of this member to the rail, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6. This hook may be of any .convenient form, such as that shown in Fig. 6, where the hooked end e passes eter the rail A and under-the ball of the roc rail, and the other enielis scre\v'threaded` Suppose two of the wheels of a derailed car to be drawp to the replacer i'rom the left. in Fig. ,1. The flange oi the wheel between the raiis will enter thernnvray d2 in the member D, the tread ofihis wheel passing on to the rib di.H The ange of the wheel on the outside of vthe rails will be close io' the rail and the tread of this wheel will run-.up on the rib 1 to the'apices of the members the outside wheels C', passing u p the rib d, will rise above the rail, and the outside of iliis wheel runpasses above the rail, as shown in Fig. 3.. Av

Aning against the rib d5 the Piange will be forced over the rail, as shown in Fig. 2, While the Wheel C .between the rails will ride up theiiange d4 until the iread of said Wheel further motion of the wheels tothe points 3 3 Awill cause the wheel C i'o run down on the rail A without any appreciable shock o'r jar,v and at the same time the wheel C' will pass over the rail A and rnn down thereon', wit-h the flange in proper place between the rails.

Thus it will be seen that in each member' I provide a rib for. supporting the weight of the wheel and for strengthening the replacer, which ribengages on the tread of the and. a runway in which the dange of the inside wheel travels.. In this'way the strength of the increased thickness due io thesupporting-rib :of ihe canreplacerisjarranged io support moet of the weight of le car, and also this weight is borne on the treado the wheels, where it is balanced, rather than on the iangee, which are primarily intended as guides only.V in the member D the rib d4 prevents the wheels from prematurely sliding on the track and eases the wheel C dowan, `as

atithe position 3, (seeFig. 1,) withonix'any jar. Since the greatest lateral strain will be l wheel,

eeaaei thrown on the member D', dueto the Wedging effect of the rib. d against the wheel C',

the hook E will only be' required onihis meni-` ber, and -this mayl very 'conveniently be placed where it isv mo'st'needed-just belo the apex'2 of the said member. ,l

It will be seen thatlprovidea strong, light,

,eicien'n and durable car-replacer.' positive in its action which supports the wheels and guides them over the rails and1 which requires the car to be lifted but very slightly above 'therail and which avoids the vjar common in -car-replacers as now ingeneralhaer@ da. As the `Wheels pass from lthe lower parts Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent oE thc United States, is

i.` A- carfreplao'er comprising two members D and D' provided with ribs'fl and d, and d5 and di", respectively, the ribs d'5 and 'd4 projecting above the apex of the member D, and the ribdi disappearing near the apex of -the member D', substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A car-replacer comprising two members each symmetrical with regard to the center and widening from'the' center' toward the ends, one of the said members having coni tinuous ribs withiau inclined runway be2 tween said ribs, said runway narrowing at the Y center of the member .and widening-toward the ends, and the' other member having a' continuous'outer rib, and inner ribs termihating near the apex of the members, with as shoulder above the ends of said ribs sloping,r toward the rail, and a runway between said .'80 continuous rib and saidinterrupted ribs and,

terminating-in said shoulder, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof i aix my signature in presence of -iwo witnesses.

ROBERT El ALEXANDER'.

Witnesses:

F. 'I'. GELDER, Jr.,

RAY E. ALEXANDER. 

